Sir,
I think there's something wrong with the country if the leader of its main opposition party says that the earthquake is due to God's anger and his daughter blames what she calls "obscenity" in the media for the deaths of thousands of children, amongst many others. If earthquakes are the wrath of God, why do they occur beneath the oceans where no humans (and therefore no obscenity) exist? I agree with the religious leaders: we have to change our lifestyles. But not in the direction they want We need more science programmes on television and more emphasis on scientific education so that our people no longer need mullahs to explain the causes of natural disasters. So no marks for guessing why the mullas are so strenuously opposed to modern education!
Shakir Lakhani
Karachi
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